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How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

  • Written by Megan Bryson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism'Blood Pond Hell 'detail depicted in a 1940 Taipei Hell Scroll. The Trustees of the British Museum

In many religions and cultures, women who are menstruating or who just gave birth are not allowed to enter sacred sites, such as temples, or participate in religious rituals. This is because they are often seen as ritually impure.

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